Poetry

Our Sunday Best

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Perhaps the younger generation has missed out on the experience of Sunday best, so I’ll recap briefly. Even when I was just seven or eight I had to put on dress pants, a shirt and tie and last but not least : black leather shoes. I say last because the Sunday morning ritual given me meant shining those shoes until they gleamed brightly enough to pass my stepfather’s inspection. I’m pretty sure that none of this made us any holier than folks who troop into church with shorts and T-shirts but it did speak volumes about how special the day was to us.

The Bible also lays out a Sunday going to meeting outfit for us to wear. In The third chapter of Colossians Paul tells us to put on compassion, kindness, patience and love. That inspired me this morning to share a little verse. If you are getting dressed for church it is full of fashion advice that just might help coordinate your outfit.

Getting dressed for church on Sunday
There's some clothing we must choose
And an outfit we must pick out
Before slipping on our shoes

Now the Bible points out kindness
And forgiveness are in fashion
And gentleness and patience
Should be worn with God's compassion

But designer jeans of selfish pride
And envy just don't make it
And bitterness should not be put on
Nor the golden chains of gossip

Then over all our Sunday best
What brings it all together
Is the wedding gown of God's own love
That He gives to wear forever!

Wearing Our Sunday Best
by Peter Caligiuri
Copyright 2021
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On Monday Morning

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Going to church on Sunday is good
And hearing the Bible’s just fine
And singing God’s praise is something we should
As they hand us the bread and the wine

But Monday morn as we start the new week
When we put on our shirt and our shoes
We have to begin to put into practice 
The stuff that we learned in the pews! 


On Monday Morning by Peter Caligiuri 
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Consider the Ant

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Go to the ant O sluggard and consider her ways and be wise. Proverbs 6:6 ESV 

Take a look at the ant 
Jesus said to me 
But it was tough when 
He wouldn’t sit still 
He was working with all his might to build 
His tiny but growing ant hill 

And it was hard to pick out just one because 
They ran together 
All through the day 
And each helped his brother Without making a fuss 
Or insisting on having his way 

One by one they piled 
Those grains of sand 
And worked with such passion and glee 
As they showed off the beauty of God's design 
To us when we look to see! 

Consider the Ant by Peter Caligiuri copyright 2021 all rights reserved. Use by permission only.